Mike Ghassali

Michael "Mike" Ghassali was Mayor of Montvale, New Jersey during the 2010s and a Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives in 2020. Born in Aleppo, Syria, he immigrated to the United States at the age of 15, and he became Vice President of Corporate Partnerships for Feed the Children, raising $400 million to feed hungry children nationwide. Even after Donald Trump banned Syrians from entering the country, Ghassali refused to make Montvale a sanctuary town. In 2020, he challenged Democratic incumbent Josh Gottheimer in the 5th congressional district.